Collapsible nest



Jan. 30, 1923.

N. c. ANDERSON. COLLAPSIBLE NEST.

FILED MAY 7, 1921.

Patented dan.. 3Q, 1923.

NATHALIA C. ANDERSON, OF FRANKLIN, MINNESOTA.

COLLAPSIBLE NEST.

Application filed May 7, 1921.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Narni-ima C. ANDER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing atpFranklin, in the county of Renville and State ofMinnesota, have invented .certain new and useful Improvements inCollapsible Nests; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a hen nest and particularly to a portable nestcapable of being readily transported to the desired location where itwill be disposed upon a suitable support.

It is an object of this invention to provide a nest made of sheetmaterial, preferably metal, and so arranged that the same can be veryreadily cleaned or fumigated and thus kept in very sanitary condition.

It is a further object of the invention to construct the nest of platemembers which are pivoted together partly by detachable pivots, the nestthus being capable of being collapsed into a small space for shipment orstorage, the same, however, being arranged to be quickly and easilyassembled.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentfrom the following description made in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which like reference characters refer to the same partsthroughout the different views, and in which- Fig. l is a perspectiveview of themest in supported position;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l,looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a partial section vtaken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking inthedirection of the arrows; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the nest in partially collapsed position withthe bottom, top and rear members removed.

Referring to the drawings:

The nest comprises a front plate or member l. The ends of this plate arenotched or cut out to form tongues which are bent inwardly on the insideof the plate to form hinge lugs la. End plates 2 are provided, one edgeof which is also notched to form tongues, which are also bent in to'formhinge lugs 2a. These lugs are arranged to Serial No. 467,707.

fit between the lugs ia of the front plate in alinement therewith andthe front plate l and side plates 2 are thus -pivotally connected bypivot pins 3 passing through the lugsl and 2a. A partition member 4,similar to the end members 2, is also pivotally secured to 4the insideof the fron-t plate by hinges adjacent the top and bottom edges of saidplate l, which hinges are riveted or otherwise secured to the twoplates. The plates 2 and 4 have laterally bent lugs 4a projecting at`right angles therefrom at the top of their rear edges and a top plate 5is pivotally secured to these lugs by small headed and nutted bolts 6passing downwardly through said plate and the lugs.- The plate is also.notched along its longitudinal edges to form tongues which are bentdownwardly and iny wardly to form pivot or hinge lugs 5a. A

top plate or cover 7 has one longitudinal edge notched and bent to formhinge lugs arvranged to fit between the hinge lugs 5a and .1s connectedthereby to the plate 5 by a re- 2b and a rear vplate 1l is provided witha i hinged lug at each end fitted between the two lugs 2b, by means ofwhich it is pivotally vconnected to the end plates 2 Aby suitable pivotslia. The plate ll ris alsopivot-ally secured to the partition plate 4 bythe hinge 4b, the sections of which are riveted or otherwise suitablysecured to the plates 4 and l1. The plate 1l is formed along itsbottomedge with spaced hinge lugs and a bottom plate l2 has one edgeformed with hinge lugs arranged to aline with and alternate with thelugs of plate ll, so as to be pivotally con-V nected to said platevby aremovable pivot pin 13, one end of which is bent laterally tol form ahandle portion. The other longitudinal edge of the member 12 has securedthereto some suitable fastening member, such as a hook 12a adapted toco-operate with a fas'- tening member on the front plate l, such as thestaples lb shown as secured to the plate and projecting therefrom at itsfront porsides and ends pivoted along their vertical edges, a plateextending along the top of the rear side and pivoted thereto by verticalpivots, said plate having hinge means at its front and rear edges and atop plate and rear plate, respectively hingedly connected to said means.

'7. A demountable and collapsible hen nest having in combination, frontand rear sides and ends pivoted along their vertical edges, a plateextending along the top of the rear side and pivoted thereto by verticalpivots, said plate projecting at each side of said rear plate and havingspaced pintle receiving lugs at its front and rear longitudinal edges, atop plate having lugs eo-operating with the lugs on the front edge ofsaid plate, a rear plate having lugs oo-operating with the lugs on therear side of said plate, and

removable pintles connecting said top and rear plates to said plate.

y 8. A collapsible poultry `nest structure I having in combination,front and 'rear side s and end members pivoted along their verticaledges, and a narrow horizontal member extending along the top edge ofsaid rear plate and pivoted thereto by vertical pivots, said narrowmember adapted to have top and rear plates hingedly connected theretowhereby said front and rear side and end members may be collapsedvsubstantially in Y one plane with said narrow member thereon.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NATHALIA C. ANDER-SON. Witnesses:

. EDWARD ANDERSON,

J. E. ESSEN.

